Coherent control of light-matter interactions in polarization standing waves

被引：43
作者：
Fang, Xu [1 ,2 ]
MacDonald, Kevin F. [1 ,2 ]
Plum, Eric [1 ,2 ]
Zheludev, Nikolay I. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] Univ Southampton, Ctr Photon Metamat, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[3] Nanyang Technol Univ, Ctr Disrupt Photon Technol, Sch Phys & Math Sci, Singapore 637371, Singapore
[4] Nanyang Technol Univ, Photon Inst, Singapore 637371, Singapore
来源：
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2016年 / 6卷
基金：
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词：
PERFECT ABSORPTION; TRANSPARENCY;
D O I：
10.1038/srep31141
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
We experimentally demonstrate that standing waves formed by two coherent counter-propagating light waves can take a variety of forms, offering new approaches to the interrogation and control of polarization-sensitive light-matter interactions in ultrathin (subwavelength thickness) media. In contrast to familiar energy standing waves, polarization standing waves have constant electric and magnetic energy densities and a periodically varying polarization state along the wave axis. counterintuitively, anisotropic ultrathin (meta) materials can be made sensitive or insensitive to such polarization variations by adjusting their azimuthal angle.
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